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Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi

CEO of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Aug 19, 2026

9:59
And why should you be in the Netherlands for Deep Tech?
10:03
Because the Netherlands has a very good basis in the fundamental sciences.
10:08
We are very strong in science.
10:10
The only thing we're not so strong in is to translate all the science into companies and to make them grow very quickly.
10:19
Scale is always a problem in the Netherlands and we not only need science but also entrepreneurship.
10:26
And we need to exchange ideas about what is important when you start a company and you want to grow it very quickly.
10:33
This is why it's so nice to have this organized here in the Netherlands.
10:44
What else do we need?

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